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Monday, February 10, 2020

Coronavirus: The Pandemic Tragic


Sunday evening (9 February 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

There is so much information coming out about the coronavirus outbreak that I will release collected links and videos in a series of smaller posts. I am posting a range of information from different sources. Use your judgement and discretion. Redditors who have been following this story day and night mocked the constant travel questions they receive from new site visitors, who have no online street cred and no real world sense either:
"i Am BoOkEd On A cRuIsE dEpArTiNg FrOm WuHaN tO sInGaPoRe WhErE i WiLL HoP oN a PlAnE tO mAcAu bEfOrE rEtUrNiNg StAtEsIdE. sHoULd i StiLL gO?"

 Virus Basics

2019 Novel Coronavirus Global Risk Assessment By Humboldt University of Berlin from r/Coronavirus



JAMA 7 February 2020 article tables: clinical characteristics of 138 patients with coronavirus in Wuhan in January 2020. Image Source: JAMA via imgur. Click to enlarge. You can read the article here.

  • Conventional information states that the virus is easy to catch and that risk of death is 2-4 per cent. That will vary according to the category of patient and given that the Chinese are not giving true numbers.
  • At higher risk, as per the video at the top of the post: people of increased age; males (possibly Asian males); anyone with hypertension or high blood pressure; smokers or former smokers; health care workers



  • Airborne? Yes, confirmed in Shanghai on 8 February 2020 (see here): "The Chinese government is urging residents to cancel all social activities and avoid large gatherings of people, reports China Daily." Reports do not indicate how far a distance the virus can float through the air; most articles use the phrase: "a long distance." Unconfirmed: I have seen mention that it can persist in the air for six hours and cannot find a medical reference for that.
  • Disinfect desks, keyboards, dinner tables, door handles, telephones, cellphones, car handles, gear shifts, and auto steering wheels, light switches, toilet seats. Avoid public bathrooms and laundromats; you can catch it through fecal matter; shut toilet lids before flushing; clean toilets, bathrooms, showers with anti-viral, hospital-grade cleaners daily; disinfect your house daily; you can see US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) label standards for anti-viral cleaners here; EPA coronavirus statement here, which discusses the regulation of anti-coronavirus disinfectants and their effectiveness.


  • CDC coronavirus infection page; you can catch it through the eyes as well as the nose and mouth via coughing/sneezing droplet infection, emphasize hand washing, alcohol rubs, surgical gloves, masks, goggles and disinfect / discard exposed protective gear and exposed clothing after use
  • I could find no mention of whether you can catch this coronavirus through your ears, for example by sharing ear buds. 
  • This virus obviously does not cause a sexually transmitted disease; coronaviruses generally affect the nose, sinuses, and throat and cause a respiratory illness; but close contact during sex would almost certainly result in droplet infection.
  • Virus survives nine days - possibly more - on exposed surfaces
  • Infection can occur after a 15 second exposure
  • Plane flights: National Geographic advisory; CDC traveler advisory
  • Mother to in utero infant transmission possible but unconfirmed; non-infected baby has been delivered from an infected mother by cesarean section
  • On 6 February 2020, the White House asked US researchers to investigate the origins of the coronavirus and to confirm whether it was lab-created; this, despite high-level denials that the bioweapon story is a stupid Russian conspiracy theory (see: here, here, here)
  • On 9 February 2020, a supposed CDC staffer went on 4chan and stated he or she was willing to answer two questions. After some hazing and insults, which are typical of 4chan, the staffer was asked if the virus was a bioweapon. The response: "Data most recently released and reviewed as of today gives plausibility to it being bio-engineered. This is based on exceptionally low probability of the identified amino acid chains occurring naturally. However, we don’t currently assess China as having access to some of the technology needed to do so. Only three countries have sufficiently advanced bioengineering technology: US, Russia, and Israel. No US organization or military component has confessed and from what we’re told Russia and Israel also maintain plausible deniability. Current evidence suggests another country may have stolen the necessary technology needed to bioengineer NCoV19."
  • Anons also asked this supposed CDC staffer other questions: "what is the real mortality rate and R0?" and "How long projected until it's really, really spreading in USA?" and "Was that Biosafety level 4 laboratory in Winnipeg connected to all of this?" In response to a query about the biowarfare tweet below, the staffer wrote: "Yes that tweet is relevant as my first answer corroborates. However, the real Chinese numbers as we were told of this morning are closer to about 430k infected, over 30k [dead?], and about 3k recovered. Lastly, NCoV19 is a Coronavirus not a fungus. That said, it has behaviors similar to what is known as a bacteriophage. This is the first time this has been seen ever." Note that as of 9 February 2020, the official numbers were approximately 40k infected, 900 deaths, and 3,300 recovered. If true, this means that there are ten times more people infected than the Chinese government has stated; there are approximately 29k concealed deaths; and the death rate is higher. But this is all rumour and subject to endless questions and uncertainties. The anons were unimpressed and dismissed this visitor from their forum, as per their usual shitposting: "I guess it's time for bed since you have school early tomorrow."
  • A death rate explainer is here
  • Remdesivir studied as a potential treatment

Image Source: Twitter via 4chan.

Supposed leaked CDC image. Image Source: 4chan.

On 8 February 2020 in China (7 February in the USA), a lab tech in Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan leaked the following photos to 4chan. He/she stated that the numbers are much worse and the Chinese government is only reporting sudden deaths, not deaths from pneumonia caused by the virus. Nor is the government reporting deaths of people who do not enter hospitals. Image Source: imgur/4chan. Click to enlarge.
  • Chinese numbers of infected and dead are minimized and do not reflect the reality on the ground; thus, analyses using official numbers, even if sound in their approach, will be off
  • Given that Chinese numbers are inaccurate, observers are watching the outbreak in Singapore closely, because they expect medical transparency and meticulous record-keeping from Singapore.

Singapore is the Rosetta Stone of nCoV from r/Coronavirus



You may want to buy a mask made outside China by now: How do you like masks made in China? (7 February 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

Can I get infected with a parcel I'm receiving from China/Guangzhou? from r/Coronavirus

Pay attention to the US evacuation flight: a glance at staff members' protective suits (shown only in passengers' smartphone footage, not in official media footage) could indicate the extreme seriousness of the virus, which may have been played down to prevent public panic. From 1:47, Ed explains. Video from inside United States evacuation plane from Wuhan + general Coronavirus updates (7 February 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

SURVIVAL TIPS FOR A PANDEMIC (10 February 2020). Video Source: Bitchute.



See all my posts on Epidemics here and here.


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